Saturday 14 March 2026 10:35 am Labour’s Pat McFadden will deliver a speech on welfare on Monday. (Image: PA) The Labour government is set to hand businesses cash to hire benefits claimants in a bid to lower the number of under-25s not in education, employment and training, otherwise referred to as ‘Neets’. Pat McFadden, the …
Continue reading “Labour to give firms cash in bid to undo benefits rise”
With the increasing speed in quantum technology, quantum computing, cryptography, telecommunications, and advanced materials, cases are increasingly pitting themselves against each other in courts. They are the cases when one has to deal with the concepts that are much higher, which is why the assistance of a professional specialist cannot be avoided. When the stakes …
Continue reading “The Essential Role of a Quantum Expert Witness in High-Tech Litigation”
Following the inaugural “Disputes 101” series in 2025, we are running it again for 2026. There are four webinars and accompanying blog posts on key English law disputes essentials for corporates. This time we have: a contract update, a look at parent company liability in all its forms, a privilege update, and an examination of …
Continue reading “Disputes 101 – Contract Compact focusing on recent cases”
There are certain seasons in life when everything seems to shift at once. For many women, midlife can be one of those seasons—when careers evolve, children grow up or leave home, aging parents need more care, and bodies begin to change in unfamiliar ways. Put divorce and menopause or perimenopause together, and the emotional and …
Continue reading “Divorce and Menopause or Perimenopause: When Life Transitions Collide”
Plans to curtail the number of jury trials in England and Wales have been described as “unpopular, untested and poorly evidenced” by thousands of lawyers who have written to the prime minister. The letter to Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions, from 3,200 lawyers, including 300 senior barristers, comes as his government faces …
Sunday 08 March 2026 10:30 pm | Updated: Saturday 07 March 2026 11:54 am Removing the UK’s tariff exemption for low value imports could risk pushing up prices, reduce trade intensity and damage small businesses, a leading trade body has warned. The British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) warning comes amid the government considering the move after …
Continue reading “Removing UK tariff exemptions could hurt businesses, tradebody warns”
Selling the house after divorce can be a deeply emotional process. With a lot of my clients, especially in today’s market, selling the house is not their choice. Due to financial reasons, it is often the only choice, which makes selling their home even harder. Selling the house can feel like you’re letting go of …
Continue reading “Selling The House After Divorce: Letting Go and Moving Forward”
The Employment Tribunal waiting game is a situation every employment lawyer knows all too well. Put simply, it is widely, but reluctantly, accepted that a claim issued today may not be heard until late 2027 or even 2028. For many employers, the listing date feels more like a distant deadline than a Tribunal claim timetable …
Continue reading “Employment tribunal delays are reshaping litigation strategy”
Friday 06 March 2026 12:00 am | Updated: Thursday 05 March 2026 10:31 pm Almost all of Britain’s family businesses still face major changes to inheritance tax despite a government concession to limit the damage of its decision to end the carve-out for family-run firms. According to a fresh poll, just one in 10 business owners …
Continue reading “Family businesses still face inheritance tax cliff edge”
Wednesday 04 March 2026 6:26 pm Foreign buyers continued to circle “undervalued” UK firms in the final quarter of last year, new figures show, with the value of inward Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) surging to its highest level in four years. The total value of deals in which foreign companies acquired UK firms rocketed to …
Continue reading “Foreign buyers circle ‘undervalued’ UK firms”
